"We focus on the soil health, making sure there is plenty of microbes and that in turn produces healthy plants, the animals are healthy and then what we eat is enriching us

From the property, 'Wardell' in Perthville, south of Bathurst, Hannah operates a direct selling and marketing business structure for the pig farming side of the operation.

"I'm in control of the product the whole way up until it ends up with the customers.

"It's a really good way to understand what your customers want because you build a rapport, so it's been a really powerful process, not a lot of people (producers) get that opportunity," she says.

Before coming back on farm to start up the pig farming business, called The Perthville Pantry, Hannah worked for NSW Farmers Association as a regional service manager based in the Lachlan area, near Forbes and Hillston.

"Cameron, my husband really wanted me to come back onto the farm and it was really important for me to make sure that I was contributing and bringing in my own income and this is how we went about doing that," she says.

"For me it was just a way for me to come on farm and not impact but enhance the current situation and by having our own enterprise, I've now been able to find my place within the broader business with our commercial beef trading and breeding," she says.

Hannah says having defined roles and transparent and open communication is vital for a productive and harmonious life.

"When Cameron and I have kids I think it would be really important to be really transparent and make sure that they know their place within the family farming business.

"I know for a fact that we will do succession planning from very early on, as soon as they know what is going on, they will be aware and they will have input," she says.